After Angie left the room, Jon and Karyn just stared at the door. They eventually turned toward one another, both of their faces blank of expression.
". . . did my wish do that?" Karyn asked quietly, struggling to grasp the reality of what she had just seen.
"Maybe?" Jon gave her a weak shrug. "I mean, when you wished that you were normal, what if it didn't make you normal "“ 'cause wishes can't be reversed "“ but made everyone more like you?"
Karyn paled and looked down. "Does that mean that all the girls are . . . are . . ."
Jon patted her shoulder. "Chill. We'll not jump to any conclusions, okay? We'll get a look around and see what the wish did. Maybe there's some way we can change it."
"Okay." Karyn frowned and didn't look as confident as Jon sounded. "What should we do in the mean-time?"
"Hmmm." Jon looked off to one side and scratched the back of his head. "I guess we should go on and do what we're supposed to do. I have a test tomorrow, and you have your homework for calculus, right?"
She nodded.
"Then we should just keep doing all that stuff. Remember that this is the way things have always been for everyone in town." He took a deep breath and let it out slowly. "No matter how strange it might be for us, for them? It's completely normal."
That wasn't the most comfortable thought in the world, so Karyn didn't say anything and just nodded.
"I guess that means that we're done for tonight. I gotta get home so that my mom doesn't get all pissy with me." He headed for the door and then stopped himself to turn and wrap Karyn in a hug. "No hard feelings?"
"No hard feelings," she said, and then squeezed him back. They separated, and she had a small smile on her face before it faded as she said, "Oh!" She hopped to her bedstand and grabbed the wishing stone before handing it to Jon. "Here, take it." She shoved it toward him with a sour look on her face. "I don't want to see this thing for a long time. Maybe ever."
Jon took it and slipped it in his pocked. "I don't blame you," he said with a quiet laugh. "See you tomorrow at the usual spot for school?"
She nodded, and he turned and left. Jon felt bad for leaving her alone for some reason, but he didn't want to attract any attention to him or Karyn. All of this was in his thought as he padded down the stairs, and Angie passed by as Jon got to the bottom landing. It was still a shock to see her dressed so boyishly with boobs so huge, but Jon had to admit that he thought the look suited her.
He had to admit that he might be biased.
Jon slipped on his shoes and called out, "Good night Mrs. Black! Probably see you tomorrow." Angie leaned out of the kitchen, her enormous breasts jiggling with motion.
"Good night, Jon!" She waved and disappeared, which was just as well "“ she wouldn't see Jon drooling at her with a glazed expression. That went on for entirely too long, and Jon snapped himself out of it by hitting himself across the face.
"Your best friend's mom," he hissed at himself and then left through the front door. He took the usual route between their houses and arrived at his own in just a few minutes. What was unusual for this trip was that he paused at the backdoor and steeled himself for whatever weirdness might await him on the other side. There was really no way to tell how his mother and sister might have been changed by Karyn's wish.
He opened the door and stepped inside, feeling like he was ready for whatever he might find.
